ENTERTAINMENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 5 July 1907, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

JULIUS KNIGHT SEASON.

THB last performance of "Raffles" is an- c uounced for to-night, when Mr. Knight and * the talented company supporting him will. F once more appear in this phenomenally successful play- To-morrow the third great London success will be presented in Sir ; Arthur ■ Conan Boyle's romantic comedy i drama, " Brigadier Gerard." Mr. Julius, | Knight will impersonate the hot-headed % captain of Hussars, the acceptedl type $\ i Gascon braggart, a descendant of the im-. B mortal d'Artagnah-a man whose occasional , boutfiilhess is only equalled by his real; [ !modesty and almost superhuman courage; E a man full of poetry and romance. This is n |said to-be one of Mr. Knight's greatest ar- v tistic triumphs. Miss Marion Grey will ap- A pear as the Comtesse dc Roquelaurc, Mr. ( , Hubert Willis as Napoleon, Mr. Leslie Victor as Talleyrand, and Mr. Harry Plimmor » as Major Olivier. These artists, with the others in an exceptionally long cast have t won unstinted praise for the hue performances given in Wellington, wline the mag- i nificont mounting and gorgeous' dresses of, \ the period are .a. prominent feature..of.. tnei production. ■■■•. - . ■:'"■ - j . . v OPERA HOUSE. There was a good audience at the Opera l House last evening despite two strong counter attractions. Professor Klaer with ( his team of trained dogs and monkeys ap- 1 pearcd with great success. The Stagpooles I were, as usual, recalled again and again, s and Mr. Val. Newton was most successful in his two songs, ■" When I was Sweet Sixteen " and "Queen of Angels." Misses I Nellie Power, Keldic, Davis and Lewis and '.« Messrs. Lloyd and Kconau also appeared- , The pictures by the Warwick bioscope were. , bath interesting and instructive. The pro- , gramme will be repeated this evening. _ ( ST. ALBAN'S, MOUNT ROSKILL. • , A highly interesting song-story, entitled < "The Little Woodman," was performed . , with much success at St. Alban's school- t ' i room, Mount Roskill, on Wednesday night. , 1 The readings connecting the musical items I | were given by Mr F. O. Ewington. and the J church choir, under Mr. Messengers loader- ] ship, sang the choruses most efficiently: ; The solos were ably taken by the Misses ; Dineen, Woods, and L. Walters and Messrs. Robinson, Gilliam, and Woods. An orches- ! tral accompaniment assisted much in the ex- ( eellence of the performance. Another interesting item was the production of a piece ' called "Soot and the Fairies," the principal parts being filled by Miss L. Walters. (Fairy Queen), Mr. A. Allen, and Master Karl Davidson. Miss Roche, who was mainly responsible for the drilling of tho children, presided at the piano. PONSONBY SHAKESPERE CLUB. Thcra was a good attendance at the Leys I Institute last evening, when the Ponsonby i Shakespcre and Rhetoric Club gave a read- ? ing from ■" Paolo and Francesca," a drama .j by Stephen Phillips. The piece went . smoothly throughout, and the audience freI fluently marked their approval by outbursts -of applause. The cast was as fallows: — > Giovanni Malatcsta (tyrant of Rimini), Mr. " iHcmus; Paolo (brother to Giovanni), Mr. , Maxwell Walker Valentino, Corrado, and ' Luigi (officers of Paolo's company), Messrs. i E. T. Goode, W. Graham, and Northcroft; r Marco (a soldier), Mr. G. E. Adams; Pulci l ' (a drugscllcr), Mr. T. U. Wells; Francesca s ;da Rimini (bride of Giovanni and daughter i |of the tyrant of Ravenna), Miss Bertha: ! Jackson; Liicroam (cousin to Giovanni),; a Mrs. Forsyth; Nita (maid to Francesca), i Miss Eileen Lundon; Tessa (daughter to 0 Pulci), Miss Mary Sloane; Angela (a blind . and aged servant of the Malatcsta), Miss j- Russell; Mirra (a lady's maid), 1 Miss Gile lett; Luisi (a peasant girl), Miss Bartlott. o AVONDALE MUSICAL SOCIETY. '* The Avondale Musical Society held its r first concert of the season at the local Pube lie Hall on Wednesday evening, there being i- a largo attendance. A most enjoyable proti gramme was presented, and numerous eu- •" cores were insisted on. The items contriJj" buted by the society wore especially meri-1 torious and included "The Belfry Tower," "Departure," "Tho Miller's Wooing," "Now by Day's Retiring Lamp," "Lark's Song," "When Evening's Twilight," and e " Good-night, Beloved." The Avondalc t, Octette Society also rendered several items, a During the evening solos were given by 3 Misses Speight, M. Pritchard, and Messrs. I. O. Pritchard and G. Higgott. ' e